FW 135 : Museum Techniques

Transcript title

Museum Techniques

Credits

1

Grading mode

Standard letter grades

Total contact hours

30

Lab hours

30

Course Description

Hands on technique course focusing on preparing and preserving mammal and bird specimens for use in education and research. Students will complete a minimum of three projects which requires skinning and preserving wildlife specimens suitable for study and display.

Course learning outcomes

1. Record proper morphological measurements of wildlife specimens.
2. Create a tag for museum specimens containing appropriate collection data and measurements.
3. Prepare a small to medium sized mammal museum specimen (study skin).
4. Prepare a small to medium sized bird museum specimen (study skin).
5. Clean and prepare a mammal skull as a museum specimen.

Content outline

• Value of wildlife specimens • Creating a specimen tag • History of Oregon mammalogy • Mammal study skin guide

Required materials

Requires special gear, see syllabus for details.

Outside of
expected

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